..Age and adjuvant therapy did not influence overall survival of patients with ESS. CONCLUSION: Early tumor stage, low myometrial invasion, and low mitotic count are associated with a lengthened overall survival in patients with ESS...

Prognostic parameters in carcinosarcomas of the uterus: a clinico-pathologic study

..CONCLUSIONS: Primiparous women who are being delivered of a large child are at a greater risk for severe perineal lacerations. In the study population episiotomy did not appear to protect against severe perineal lacerations...

..However, epidural analgesia showed no evidence of a detrimental effect on the integrity of the birth-canal in spontaneous vaginal delivery. In our opinion it is a save and effective method of pain relief during labour...